Cannabis Coaching

Cannabis is a master teacher plant. I’ve been working with it for nearly ten years or so, beginning with shadow work when I was learning to become a public school teacher. A few years prior to that, I would use it mostly on my own when reading or writing, as when I wrote a Master’s thesis after I discovered it did wonders with regards to lateral thinking. If you’re creative to begin with, it’ll help in that respect.

When teaching grade two children during my first year of teaching, from time to time, I would notice my own inner fears. Cannabis helped a lot, as it did when I wanted to find out why I had thought that using empty beer bottles was a good idea to teach a music class about sound. To say the least, weekends were not the kindest to me in illuminating all of my blind-spots, but all in all, I’m very grateful for it all, since it has helped me heal tremendously by shining light on inner illusion.

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In episode 1 of Midnight Gospel, Duncan Trussell relates how cannabis exposes everything for you. It’s true, it’s difficult to hide from yourself with it, sooner or later, an illusion will be revealed. The man he interviews in the episode, Drew Pinsky, keeps telling us that there is no such thing as a bad drug; it’s namely the intention that matters when dealing with anything like cannabis. I can certainly attest to this truism.

Over the years, I’ve learned to use it in a ritualistic and ceremonial context in order to seek out its sacred potential. Cannabis generally acts as an amplifier, and depending on the nature of your mind, it’ll amplify that. So for example, general anxiety will become overwhelming paranoia, while a general sense of ease may inch you closer into the stillness required to experience samadhi. But it also has a guiding spirit.

I’ve heard Stephen Gray mention how it’s a plant spirit medicine that may be used much later on with respect to other sacred medicines on the spiritual path, like ayahuasca and psilocybin, and I tend to agree with him, up until you’re up for the challenge of having cannabis expose things you’d rather leave hidden.

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Of course, cannabis can be used for all kinds of purposes, not only for deep ceremonial use, and I use it sometimes for more than just that, as when I’m communing with nature, for instance, or releasing trauma. Its spirit is incredibly versatile. Much of my personal healing work is done with cannabis in some shape or form. Whenever people discover that its potency can be amplified with Spirit, they usually want to find out how.

I also use it in something called a “tent of meeting”, which is referred to in Chris Bennett’s book, Liber 420. From using it for vision in this fashion, I have learned a tremendous amount regarding what it can offer someone, from the subtle to the explosive, entheogenic capacity it holds with something like a bhang lassi.

Understanding how it’s been used for deep, ceremonial use in the past, and often only for that purpose, has been a relief for me. In certain traditions, for instance, like Templar and Taoist ones, only the high priests were allowed to use it (pun intended), which tells you what it may have been used for, and how it bespoke a particular kind of reverence.

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All in all, it has been a steady ally for me on the spiritual path. Feel free to contact me regarding sharing with you some knowledge and wisdom as to how to use it with the respect it deserves, ceremonially as a medicine ally for your healing journey back into wholeness.

Blessings of truth and healing to you.

I’m a coach and healer, a teacher and culture cruncher. Contact me at info@patrickrosewood.com.